Barr: Crime more dangerous to black people than systemic racism in police departments
// // // Attorney General William Barr clashed with black congressional Democrats over whether systemic racism exists in U.S. police forces. Barr, who testified Tuesday to the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee, ...
28 Million American renters face evictions
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — An estimated 28 million renters in the U.S. are facing evictions over the next three months, as states begin lifting their COVID-19 related ... NOLA Public Schools will delay in-person classes until early September
By Marta Jewson The Lens Most public schools in New Orleans will not open for in-person classes until at least September, NOLA Public Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. announced in a virtual ... Another problem on the health horizon: Medicare is running out of money
By Julie Rovner Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Everyone involved even tangentially in health care today is completely consumed by the coronavirus pandemic, as they should be. But the pandemic is ... In court filing, jail official blasts city’s request to halt work on new mental health unit
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens Attorneys for Darnley Hodge, the appointed compliance director who oversees the New Orleans jail, on last Wednesday filed a lengthy opposition to a request by the ...
John Lewis, the ‘Conscience of the U.S. Congress’ loses his battle with pancreatic cancer
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Louisianians joined other Americans in honoring the life and legacy of longtime congressman and civil rights leader John R. Lewis, who died on July 17 at the ... Administration eases rules to give laid-off workers more time to sign up for COBRA
By Michelle Andrews Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — People who’ve been laid off or furloughed from their jobs now have significantly more time to decide whether to hang on to their ... Nearly 60% of American children lack healthy cardiorespiratory fitness
(Defender News Service) — Nearly 60 percent of American children do not have healthy cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), a key measure of physical fitness and overall health, according to “Cardiorespiratory Fitness ... The push to block lawsuits by workers and consumers infected with COVID-19
By Billy Corriher Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – With Southern states seeing a record number of COVID-19 deaths, some politicians want to make sure customers or employees can’t sue businesses ... NIH Project homes in on COVID racial disparities
By Ashley Gold Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — While the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Hispanic Americans is no secret, federal officials have launched studies of the disparity that ...
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// // // Attorney General William Barr clashed with black congressional Democrats over whether systemic racism exists in U.S. police forces. Barr, who testified Tuesday to the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee, ...
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — An estimated 28 million renters in the U.S. are facing evictions over the next three months, as states begin lifting their COVID-19 related ... NOLA Public Schools will delay in-person classes until early September
By Marta Jewson The Lens Most public schools in New Orleans will not open for in-person classes until at least September, NOLA Public Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. announced in a virtual ... Another problem on the health horizon: Medicare is running out of money
By Julie Rovner Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Everyone involved even tangentially in health care today is completely consumed by the coronavirus pandemic, as they should be. But the pandemic is ... In court filing, jail official blasts city’s request to halt work on new mental health unit
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens Attorneys for Darnley Hodge, the appointed compliance director who oversees the New Orleans jail, on last Wednesday filed a lengthy opposition to a request by the ...
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Louisianians joined other Americans in honoring the life and legacy of longtime congressman and civil rights leader John R. Lewis, who died on July 17 at the ... Administration eases rules to give laid-off workers more time to sign up for COBRA
By Michelle Andrews Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — People who’ve been laid off or furloughed from their jobs now have significantly more time to decide whether to hang on to their ... Nearly 60% of American children lack healthy cardiorespiratory fitness
(Defender News Service) — Nearly 60 percent of American children do not have healthy cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), a key measure of physical fitness and overall health, according to “Cardiorespiratory Fitness ... The push to block lawsuits by workers and consumers infected with COVID-19
By Billy Corriher Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – With Southern states seeing a record number of COVID-19 deaths, some politicians want to make sure customers or employees can’t sue businesses ... NIH Project homes in on COVID racial disparities
By Ashley Gold Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — While the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Hispanic Americans is no secret, federal officials have launched studies of the disparity that ...
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